Linuxers

linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in

14152 discussions

say tata bye bye to the BBC: Agrees to go to bed with MS alone.
by Abhishek Daga 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

Mac and Linux users will not be able to use all of the BBC's features. Article: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2174256/bbc-slammed-microsoft-lock Open Source Consortium vents fury over TV on demand 'bias' Ian Williams, vnunet.com 06 Feb 2007 The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has slammed the BBC over plans to lock online TV viewers into Microsoft products. The accusations come after the BBC announced that its new on-demand services will be limited to Microsoft Windows. A report from the BBC Trust said that services will be unavailable to consumers who do not use Microsoft software or have an up-to-date version of Windows...................more on the link above. You can register your protest or complain here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/appeals/index.html -abhishek ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

1 0

fedora support and reliability question.
by krishnakant Mane 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

hello all, just one question about fedora and this is really very serious because I have got contracts from 3 other big organisations for converting their enterprise to gnu/linux. I found that fedora is having more hardware support than any distro for the latest hardware like ggc mother boards etc. now my question is that what kind of reliability can we expect with fedora and what is the level of support we get? for example ubuntu has a "LTS" meaning Long Time Support policy. I think fedora obviously can't provide this because this is purely community driven project. I am not so sure about mandriva whether is is purely community driven or an organisation is supporting it. any ways the point is that can fedora have that kind of support because new versions come every now and then so can we look for support on fedora? for example if I am using fedora core 6 how long can I get updates and new packages for the same? thanking all. Krishnakant.

9 14

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Some Technology Observations.
by Debarshi Ray 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

>> Add >> to that the confusion when someone would want to give a presentation >> about Free Software and Free Knowledge, which they had made on >> proprietary applications, on their own machines running MacOS. > did you throw them out? No. Politely asked them to fend for themselves and withdrew all stage support. ;-) Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

2 1

symbian OS Mobile
by Vishal 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

Can any one suggest me a Mobile phone model which works on Symbian OS ? Regards Vishal

8 12

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Some Technology Observations.
by Debarshi Ray 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

> Another observation was that whenever every speaker wanted to start > his/her presentation, it would take a few minutes to setup their laptops > as they would be connected to the vga cable on stage. That was mainly because the speakers did not let us know whether they would require a computer beforehand. It was only when they started to walk towards the microphone would they let their desires be known. Add to that the confusion when someone would want to give a presentation about Free Software and Free Knowledge, which they had made on proprietary applications, on their own machines running MacOS. Setting up the VGA cable was not a major issue. :-) > Instead of all this wiring, is it possible to use the wireless LAN to broadcast > the video-out directly to the projector through a receiver interface? There was no wireless LAN in the auditorium. However your initial idea does sound interesting. Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

5 6

How to port WSAEVENT and WSANETWORKEVENT to linux
by suman tripathy 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Hi all, I am trying to port one application from windows to linux. I am facing problem in finding out alternative for WSAEVENT and the associated functions to it like WSACreateEvent,WSAWaitForMultipleEvents etc. Can anybody help? Regards, Suman ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html

7 15

Growth of the Use of GNU-Linux OS and FLOSS
by das 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Please suggest links or documents on the growth of the use of GNU-Linux systems and FLOSS. I want statistics and good overview too.

5 4

Re: [ILUG-BOM] fedora support and reliability question.
by Debarshi Ray 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

> any ways the point is that can fedora have that kind of support > because new versions come every now and then so can we look for > support on fedora? Only community support is available. > for example if I am using fedora core 6 how long can I get updates and > new packages for the same? Updates for Fedora Core 6 wil be available on the official Fedora repositories till Fedora 8 Test 2 is released. After that no new updates are added. Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

1 0

Ubuntu Edgy CDs
by Anurag 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

Hi! We have received the shipment of around 40 Ubuntu 6.10 `Edgy' CDs. If anyone is interested in having, then please drop by HBCSE. Write me offline to coordinate. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

5 5

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Feb Meet and SELF Conference
by Koustubha Kale 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

>> Dangerous. Its as if the the guys controlling the domain can >> effectively >> cyber squat his own customer. Has anyone faced such a situaltion? >yes, and went through hell un-squatting him. Finally had to pay him >off (could have gone to court but the delay would have killed me) Did you have to pay off the Domain Registrar or some squatter who had registered the domain? Generally a domain can not be registered by anybody unless you do not renew registration. There is a very decent period given in between. Also I have never seen a domain name based pricing by any domain registrar for new name registrations let alone a renewal. So its out of question for a name renewal wherein the name is legally yours and you can very well shift the registrar if they refuse to play ball. I suppose also that in case of such problems being created by a registrar you can complain to ICANN or some such regional authority. Regards Koustubha Kale ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front

2 1

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Linuxers